I've used teabags before to make prints, then develop the prints into some characters. This time I've done exactly the same on a different support and not in watercolours, but using acrylics. Great fun. At the end of it I usually feel like having met a whole bunch of new creatures from the storyline of a children's book. Thanks for the visit! ..e^)

is where the heart is. This little gem (#6) is about camping the traditional way: in a tent, with the minimum of fuss, sleeping and sitting on the ground, staying close to the earth. Going without the luxuries of modern life could bring one to a happy place within the self and with a new outlook and perspective on life - basic is good.

225 x 225 x 35mm oil on canvas, available through trade me for a week ..e^)

225 x 225 x 35mm or 10" square - oil on stretched canvas - is all about the earth and things natural. Why there's bunny ears involved I have no idea. Thanks for popping in and taking a look around my humble blog ..e^)

oil on canvas 200mm x 200mm x 15mm stretched and ready to hang. Atlas? I'm sure he took lessons from deft African women who can gracefully carry the heaviest loads with apparent ease - wish I had the skill, just think... Look ma, no hands! This is on auction for this week here ..thanks for popping in for a look ..e^)

Oil glazes make up most of this little work. It is number 3 of this year's Little Gem Series which I always try to do around Christmas and New Year - I think it might be the fourth year I'm painting gems... yes, think so. Anyway, this one just happened... I started drawing a cityscape as I was feeling like painting a landscape for a change and then the face just dropped in - hello! OK then, if you insist. But I reserve the right to put a pot plant on your head then... e^)